Election Name: | 2000 Transnistrian parliamentary election |
Country: | Transnistria |
Previous Election: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2005 |
Election Date: | 10 December 2000 |
Seats For Election: | 43 seats in the Supreme Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
First Election: | yes |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Ongoing: | no |
Party1: | Unity |
Colour1: |
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Seats1: | 9 |
Party2: | Obnovlenie |
Seats2: | 7 |
Party3: | Power to the People |
Colour3: |
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Seats3: | 1 |
Party4: | Independents |
Seats4: | 25 |
Speaker of the Supreme Council | |
Before Election: | Grigore Mărăcuţă |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Grigore Mărăcuţă |
After Party: | Independent politician |
Parliamentary elections were held in the breakaway republic of Transnistria on 10 December 2000. 42 Out of 43 seats were up for election, most of which were won by independent candidates. Women made up 4 of the 42 elected representatives. Grigore Mărăcuţă was elected for a third term as speaker, having the support of 39 out of 41 representatives present at his election.[1] According to an article by the ethnic Russian researcher from Moldova Alla Skvortsova from 2002, "polls and elections in the PMR may to some extent have been rigged".[2]